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Seanad: Broadcasting Bill 2008: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jun 2008)

David Norris: On a point of order, I take it amendment No. 24 can be resubmitted by the Labour group on Report Stage.

Seanad: Broadcasting Bill 2008: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jun 2008)

David Norris: I support Senator Walsh's proposal. When flicking through the television channels one night around 11 p.m., I came across an American bought programme which was glorifying betting and poker games. There appeared to me to be quite large sums of money involved. Whether they were real, I do not know. I take Senator Walsh's point that there are people who are addicted to betting. The...

Seanad: Broadcasting Bill 2008: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jun 2008)

David Norris: I strongly support Senator O'Reilly's amendment. I was concerned when I received the initial brief on this in case it meant commercial pressures within radio stations would lead them to seek to increase the revenue by expanding the amount of advertising but this is not the case. It is exactly as Senator O'Reilly described. From my inquiries I realised that radio stations do not want to...

Seanad: Broadcasting Bill 2008: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jun 2008)

David Norris: The Minister stated advertisements would be loaded into a prime slot and there would be overloading, which is extremely irritating, particularly on television. I agree some of the advertisements are very professional. I am not totally opposed to advertising and advertisements are absolutely necessary, particularly in the independent sector, which is not served by the television licence....

Seanad: Broadcasting Bill 2008: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jun 2008)

David Norris: This is a reasonable amendment but I remind the Senator it states "advertisements should not interrupt film showings". He weakened this in his contribution by saying they could be interrupted.

Seanad: Broadcasting Bill 2008: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jun 2008)

David Norris: However, it is reasonable that if a film channel is introduced, it should engage in some element of self-financing. I am not acquainted with the figures and, therefore, I am not sure whether the advertising proposed by Senator O'Reilly would pay for the entire station. I am amused and perhaps we will hear more about what niche advertising in this sector implies. Is it that everybody boozes...

Seanad: Broadcasting Bill 2008: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jun 2008)

David Norris: It is completely relevant.

Seanad: Broadcasting Bill 2008: Committee Stage (4 Jun 2008)

David Norris: I do not think I have mellowed at all. I wonder about categorising and sectioning people into age groups. I understand what Senators Mullen and Quinn are addressing, that there is material unsuitable to most people over 65. Heavy metal is an example and I have never liked it. Certain things happen as one gets older, the hearing range changes and one can get sound distortion which affects...

Seanad: Broadcasting Bill 2008: Committee Stage (4 Jun 2008)

David Norris: It was brilliant.

Seanad: Broadcasting Bill 2008: Committee Stage (4 Jun 2008)

David Norris: It is still there.

Seanad: Broadcasting Bill 2008: Committee Stage (4 Jun 2008)

David Norris: No, I have another quotation from a Yeats poem: "We who are old, old and gay,".

Seanad: Broadcasting Bill 2008: Committee Stage (4 Jun 2008)

David Norris: I agree with the sentiment of this amendment but I am not sure I can agree with the sentiment as framed. Senator Mullen may be satisfied if the Minister of State agrees to look at this area and give a response to show that this sector of the population is catered for. If we are going to boast about age, I am required to tell the House that I shall be 64 in a few weeks.

Seanad: Broadcasting Bill 2008: Committee Stage (4 Jun 2008)

David Norris: No, and Deputy Power is not invited to the party either, which will be in Cyprus. I do not know that I have changed all that much over the years although people might like to think that I ought to have.

Seanad: Broadcasting Bill 2008: Committee Stage (4 Jun 2008)

David Norris: I support this series of amendments in principle, as I would have supported the previous amendment about religious broadcasting, but I simply do not like mandatory quotas because they tend to get filled up with pap if one has a requirement for a particular percentage. I am slightly surprised that the amendment survived because it seemed that if it were to work, as I hope it does, it might...

Seanad: Broadcasting Bill 2008: Committee Stage (4 Jun 2008)

David Norris: I thank my colleagues for advertising Newstalk 106-108 FM and my show from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. on Sundays.

Seanad: Broadcasting Bill 2008: Committee Stage (4 Jun 2008)

David Norris: My Sinn Féin colleagues tell me it is repeated in the evening.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Jun 2008)

David Norris: Is this statements on the Lisbon treaty? I would like to take part in it.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Jun 2008)

David Norris: I am not an organisation.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Jun 2008)

David Norris: I join the acting leader of Fine Gael in calling for a debate on the health service. Last week messages of sympathy were sent to Senator Ted Kennedy but this morning we heard of another Ted Kennedy, a patient in the Mater Hospital suffering from some variation of motor neurone disease. He has been treated and has been fit to go home for the last two months but is unable to do so because of...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Jun 2008)

David Norris: Senator Ross only wants to make the same statement on the Lisbon treaty as Senator Regan did.